Luke Coyle won the 84th Northern Kentucky Amateur Championship in a two-hole playoff, defeating defending champion Adam Horn, while Megan Yoder successfully defended her Northern Kentucky Amateur women’s title.
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College golfers from Kentucky take command at Northern Kentucky Amateur Championship
Luke Coyle and Zach Watterson were junior golf buddies while crossing paths as they trekked across Kentucky to play in elite tournaments. “He’s in my graduating class of 2023. We ran into each other all the time,” said Coyle, Taylor County High School’s Kentucky Mr. Golf in 2021 and 2022. “I’m at Alabama now. He’s […]
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Veteran Fort Thomas golfer joins young crowd at top of Northern Kentucky Amateur leaderboard
Marty Arnzen captured the Highland Country Club golf championship so often he forgot how my times he won. “Four, maybe five times I’ve won it,” said Arnzen in more of a question than an answer. “I’m not really sure how many. Definitely more than three.” The former Highlands High School golfer has never won the […]
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Hardin Fast: NKY prep news from Ludlow, Walton-Verona, Boone County, Ryle, Conner, CovCath, Dixie
The prep year is winding down, but coaching news is heating up along with the weather. With the end of seasons rapidly approaching, things are quickly ending up here in the fastest 1,000 words in sports. END OF AN ERA AS BARTH RESIGNS Jeff Barth was expecting to begin his 16th season as Walton-Verona head […]
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84th Northern Kentucky Amateur Championship tees off Monday at Highland Country Club
Mike Kessling. Lance Lucas. Rylan Wotherspoon. Those are just some of the familiar local names teeing it up at next week’s 84th Northern Kentucky Amateur Championship. All are former winners at Northern Kentucky’s marquee annual golf event. “I’m ready to play,” said Lucas, a 62-year-old attorney from Union. “But I’m a work in progress this […]
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Hardin Fast: NKY sports shorts from NKU, TMU, Newport, NewCath, Beechwood, Cooper, CovCath, Scott and elsewhere
You can’t stop athletic news in Northern Kentucky, you can only hope to contain it. This week’s edition of the fastest 1,000 words in sports contains a quick look at coaching changes. It has fast happenings in Newport not to mention the lowdown on local triathlon news and other action. NEWPORT LOOKING FOR A FOOTBALL […]
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Balanced Walton-Verona continues winning ways under new coach
The early-week baseball practice at Walton-Verona High School features a lot of fielding, throwing and sliding. It’s a luxury afforded to a team batting .338, one of the top marks in Kentucky. “It was a little windy but a fun day,” sophomore Bronson Corpus said. “We had some batting practice, but we’re really working on […]
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Covington Catholic, Notre Dame family members team up for Mother’s Day
Gatherings for Mother’s Day aren’t quite as enormous as they used to be for the sports-crazed Darpels and Jones. Nests have emptied. Household members have disbursed. Even so, the annual holiday on the second Sunday in May is just as rewarding and usually involves sports. Local hall of famer Cheryl Darpel, the championship-winning former Northern […]
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Hardin Fast: NKY sports shorts from NKU, TMU, Beechwood, CovCath, Ryle, Highlands, Newport and points in between
Area basketball coaching hires continue at a rapid pace. Offers, commitments, transfers and invitations are coming in quickly. A local football player gets the score of his life. I have another fish story. It’s all here in the fastest 1,000 words in sports. FORMER BULLDOG BECOMES BEECHWOOD COACH Celeste Hill Brockett is the new Beechwood […]
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‘Special kid,’ Ryle’s Curry is Kentucky’s hottest hitter
One of Kentucky’s biggest breakout stars of the high school baseball season plays his home games in Union. His name is AJ Curry. He is a California transplant suiting up in his first season for the Ryle Raiders. The 6-foot-2 left-hander is the leading hitter in the Commonwealth. “He’s performing at a level not seen […]
